Physical description

Illustrated book with royal blue cloth cover, title, author's surname, edition and publisher stamped in gilt on spine. There is an embossed border on front and back covers

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Inlstain on back cover. On front end page at top 'Patricia Jonstone/ Alfred Hospital/ Prahan S.1. [blue ink], at top right '19/-'[pencil] Underneath is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by" PAT GOBLE and the previous catalogue number [both handwritten in black ink] Underneath this sticker is an inscription ' To/Pat,/From/Millie, Geo, & Bruce/ 9th July 1946

Summary

Surgical nursing textbook providing instruction for care in the 1940's